Now technically, Shawcross has played for England once but it was 16 minutes of a friendly against Sweden - still enough time for Zlatan Ibrahimovic to score his second, third and fourth goals, though! The issue is that he can still play for Wales, having grown up and been educated there. In his fifth season as Stoke City captain, he has had over 200 Premier League games and it's a surprise that he hasn't played more often for England, despite Shawcross always maintaining his desire to play for England. Maybe Stoke's unglamorous reputation is holding him back but 2015 should be the year he makes his full, proper international debut.
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